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Red Hat rivals and many open-source developers are mad as hell about the companys new source code policy. Will this dispute end up in the courts?

A (reasonably) condensed version of two weeks' worth of heated GPL argument.

Companies (including through the use of AI) are increasingly reliant on open source software to expedite their software development. A recent case filed in California, SFC v. Vizio,...

Public hosting systems for free software have come and gone over the years but one of them, Sourceware, has been supporting the development of most of the GNU toolchain for nearly 25 years. Recently, an application was made to bring Sourceware under the umbrella of the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC), at least for fundraising purposes. It turns out that there is a separate initiative, developed in secret until now, with a different vision for the future of Sourceware. The 2022 GNU Tools Ca...

Sourceware.org has long hosted the repositories for many important free-software projects, including much of the GNU toolchain. Frank Ch. Eigler has posted about some changes coming to Sourceware:

Following the SFC vote last year for accepting Sourceware.org into the conservancy, everything is all set now and Sourceware.org is now officially part of the Software Freedom Conservancy

Sourceware.org, which has long played host to many important projects, has announced that it has become a member project of the Software Freedom Conservancy — a move that has been in the works for some time. Recent discussions have inspired the Sourceware volunteers to think carefully about the future and succession of the leadership for this important hosting project. By joining SFC, Sourceware gains access to strategic advice and governance expertise to recruit new volunteers and raise ...

AI startup Hugging Face and ServiceNow Research, ServiceNows R&D division, have released StarCoder, a free alternative to code-generating AI systems along the

X.Org members have approved of the X.Org Foundation letting the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) become its fiscal sponsor.

John Deere has been recently called out for its inability to properly handle open-source software according to the GPL license. Non-profit organization Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) said...